Poul-Henning Kamp <p...@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > > I don't know what the effective latency is from IERS -> TZdata -> distros -> > releases -> users -> computers, but 6 months is only going to be enough > if everybody pays maximum attention *EVERY* *BLOODY* *TIME*.
The cascade actually goes IERS -> NIST -> tz because the NIST leap seconds announcement is public domain whereas the IERS announcement has an unclear copyright status. And since leap seconds are rather peripheral to the tz database's purpose, they aren't pushed out amazingly swiftly. http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2016-July/023867.html http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2016-August/023914.html Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ - I xn--zr8h punycode Trafalgar: Southeasterly 3 or 4, increasing 5 to 7. Moderate, occasionally rough in west. Fair at first, then rain or showers. Good, occasionally moderate. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
